Excellence is irrelevant. Loyalty is irrelevant. In the end, you’re not spared or damned by the quality of your work; you’re erased because a number had to go down on a spreadsheet. Getting cut isn’t failure, it’s statistical noise. Like a wreck... — read more 

Try looking on https://www.jobs.now/ for a new role.

Years of dedication and results don’t seem to matter anymore. It’s demoralizing for those of us left behind, to say the least. Knowing that hard work means nothing is certainly not a morale booster.

But nothing officially announced. No one knows except those impacted. Others have to figure out what really happened. Many don’t even know Cisco had a layoff. Such is the game, play wisely. Don’t wait and think you’ll outsmart others to survive... — read more 

High tech companies including Cisco are outsourcing non-technical and technical jobs to India, Canada and Europe. Why SBG hires program managers in Canada while there are hundreds of talented program managers in US and are unemployed?

It will be a cold November 2025.

So a year+ ago my SE Director who was solid was unexpectedly let go and we all went to a new boss who inherited us all. I wasn’t sure she was really qualified and last GSX didn’t change that. She was then (after being a director with almost no... — read more 

With the latest bay area announcement (see https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2025/cisco-layoffs-total-more-than-200-in-bay-area-cut), and seeing really good employees take the hit recently, this article has now made me lose all hope that there is a... — read more 

It doesn’t get more ridiculous: while the ELT is carrying out further layoffs, nearly 20,000 salespeople and useless middle managers are being flown to Vegas to party. How is that compatible with the layoffs and the H1B scam? GSX must cost over 100... — read more 

It is time to now seriously end or severely curtail the H1B program. We need more Americans at work and giving excuses like skills not present in America with AI should not be tolerated any longer

https://revolver.news/2025/08/walmart-tech-vp-took-30k-daily-kickbacks-to-boot-americans-and-hire-h-1b-workers/

I was impacted last week after 18 years of excellent work. I had good relations/friendships with all my teammates all the way to the senior director. Everybody is avoiding me, wont respond to my DMs or text messages, not picking up phones. Basically... — read more 

Been looking around lately. I turned on my LinkedIN account again. Now, I get dozens of messages a day from +91 recruiters. There will be 4 or 5 from different 'contracting agencies' asking about the same position. Each claims "I am primary... — read more 

Trimming down teams only works if it’s done carefully and with a real plan. Just getting rid of people without thought doesn’t make the company stronger. It takes strategy and focus, not random layoffs. And we have neither of those.

www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3ekjvbx Expedia Group cites "violation of company policy" for sudden ouster of two key tech leaders Two of Expedia Group’s top engineering leaders have abruptly left the company following what the travel giant described as a... — read more 

There was a lot of hype here about how the entire mid-management layers would be obliterated in this recent LR. Some of us expressed disbelief . Like clockwork, I don’t see any evidence of that at least in tech presales. Our total waste-of-space... — read more 

Yes, Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, personally reviews the compensation of all 42,000 employees every cycle, using machine learning tools to streamline the process. He has stated this is a key part of his management strategy, ensuring fair pay and... — read more 

Expecting some big announcements during GSX

https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2025/cisco-layoffs-total-more-than-200-in-bay-area-cut On the heels of the news that the company is refreshing its channel leadership, Cisco is cutting 221 workers in the San Francisco Bay Area by mid-October. “I... — read more 

The Trump administration plans to end or change the H-1B visa lottery, replacing random selection with a salary-based or weighted system. The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing the rule, which could take effect by March 2026 for the FY 2027... — read more 

Yet again - US Citizens laid off and H1 Visa holders getting hired!

Executive leadership could have made a significant difference with Cisco - when you look at Google, Microsoft, NVIDA, etc they have very smart technical CEOs and have been able communicate and lead their companies into new key technology trends -... — read more 

Very discouraging , disgusting behavior

No. 5 on PEOPLE's 100 Companies That Care in 2025 list. Because, why not? https://people.com/100-companies-that-care-list-2025-11784812

Feeling severely underpaid here… I’m an L8 IC (User Experience/UX) in San Francisco and this is my comp package: Base: $160K Bonus: 7.5% Long-Term Cash: $25K Cisco Stock: $0 That puts me well under what I believe an L8 IC in SF should be making... — read more 

https://x.com/War4theWest/status/1878879358674510163 People outside of tech just do not get it. It's a tsunami of Indian workers now, more then 50% of the Americans are gone. Since H-1B is 34 years old, many who got here that way are now doing... — read more 

I’ve been at Cisco for nearly two years, and it’s becoming very frustrating. Last year, CPF was cut to 0.61, and now they’ve split merits and promotions, basically halving the budget again. It feels really unfair. On top of that, whenever I bring up... — read more 

He-l of a leadership strategy - drag it out for days and say nothing. Are they just adding stress on purpose at this point?

Split in 2 Cycles: 1st in November 2nd in May Basically, they just cut whatever peanuts you were supposed to get in HALF.

Cisco announces layoffs days after CEO said it won’t cut jobs in favor of AI Law firm ‘investigating’ layoffs over alleged notice discrepancy, while Cisco brings in a new channel partner chief Cisco plans to cut more than 150 employees as part of a... — read more 

It is because a big headcount cut will happen and will be announced around November 12, minimum 10k employees will be impacted.

Managers told me I will get /lt;3% increase next month... wtf?

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2025/08/19/cisco-layoffs-bay-area-silicon-valley-august.html

In a Thursday interview with CNBC on the same day of the report, CEO Chuck Robbins addressed AI technology in the company’s workforce. “I don’t want to get rid of a bunch of people right now. I don’t want to get rid of engineers,” Robbins said. “I... — read more 

Every. Single. Time.

in the news again... Cisco Systems, Oracle trim 300 plus Bay Area jobs in new layoffs Cisco Systems and Oracle America The Mercury News Two tech giants launched fresh rounds of Bay Area job cuts totaling more than 300 positions, continuing a... — read more